Mr. Trump took aim at CNN and MSNBC for reporting on the polls, but saved his special contempt for Comcast, which owns NBC Universal. But Mr. Trump soon broadcast his irritation. “Internal REAL polls show I am beating all of the Dem candidates,” Mr. Trump wrote on Twitter, shortly before departing to Rancho Mirage, Calif., for a private fund-raiser. For weeks, Mr. Trump has been preoccupied with the former New York City mayor and late entry to the Democratic presidential race, the money he is spending on his campaign and his rising popularity. “Is corrupt Bloomberg News going to say what a pathetic debater Mini Mike is,” Mr. Trump tweeted on Wednesday morning, using a nickname to insult Mr. Bloomberg, a billionaire who has recently enjoyed a surge of popularity but who is untested on the debate stage.

Source: International New York Times February 19, 2020 21:22 UTC